CBP: Nearly $500,000 in pot found on bus

SAN YSIDRO  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 110 packages of marijuana hidden in the gas tank of a commercial bus at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, federal officials said Thursday.

The driver, a 56-year-old Mexican citizen, was arrested, said Angelica De Cima, a CBP spokeswoman.

The driver was waiting in line for the bus to be inspected when a CBP officer asked for a canine inspection. The dog alerted to the bus, and the vehicle was then run through an imaging system, De Cima said.

The marijuana weighed about 1,070 pounds and has a street value of about $482,000, she said.